post-secondary system
Can it really be called “activism” if you seek the university’s permission to do it?
There was an article on Maclean’s website today about the controversy surounding anti-abortion groups on university campuses. Some of these student-organized groups are attempting to become officially-sanctioned (and therefore funded) university clubs. Some schools have accepted these clubs, just as they would a chess club or a Latin club, while others haven’t. I won’t even [...]
2008 Ontario University Registrar’s Association conference
If you’re interested in a summary of what was discussed at the 2008 Ontario University Registrar’s Association conference (this would be the group for all things related to student registration: admissions, liaison, student records, scholarships) then you can read a blog entry by Ken Steele of Academia Group. It never hurts to know what these [...]
This ain’t your parents’ university!
Canwest Media recently reported on Statistics Canada’s analysis of the results of a UBC study that indicated that university graduates today are less literate than graduates of generations past: “While literacy among the general population improved between 1994 and 2003, those in the upper echelons of education were not as literate as graduates a decade [...]